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    The Pedal GAS Thread

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    Posted

    9 hours ago, chinny0803 said:

    Did you manage to find a 3 leaf  doom 2?

    Not yet! I missed out on a few B-stock items a couple of months ago, but keeping an eye on the website for any updates.

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    Dual Distortion - What would you recommend?

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    2 hours ago, BillyBass said:

    I have the LucyDreamer.  The lower gain I leave on a mild valve-like break up, which sounds lovely with a P-bass.  The higher gain setting then ends up as a distortion setting, it is like having 2 pedals in one.  If you open up the back you can adjust the difference in gain between the two; I haven't bothered as the factory setting suits my needs.

     

    I am a Jam pedals fan boy.

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    100% same. Mine turned up yesterday and I love the lower gain setting, it breaks up in just the right way. The higher gain setting works for me (also haven't changed the settings). I've tried it with a Mustang and my Acinonyx and it works great with both, it really lets the tone come through. Would recommend.

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    Dual Distortion - What would you recommend?

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    Jam Pedals have a couple of pedals with low and high gain switches. 2 of these and you'd have 4 gain stages!

    LucyDreamer: low gain overdrive

    Rattler: high gain distortion

    Red Muck: muff-style fuzz/distortion

     

    JHS also have a couple of pedals that combine pairs of their overdrives. You can switch the order as well for more tones.

    Double Barrel: a transparent overdrive into a mid-bumped overdrive (transparent side also has a high/low gain switch you can operate with a footswitch)

    Sweet Tea: a mid-bumped drive into a Marshall-style overdrive

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    Are you good enough to play a Fodera?

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    I took a trip to The Bass Gallery yesterday and played a Fodera, a 6 string Monarch I think. It was nice, sounded pretty good, found that sound you hear from the classic Fodera players like Matt Garrison, Janek Gwizdala etc., though I definitely couldn't play the same lines! But honestly I wasn't that taken with it. I much preferred the Wilcock and Rob Allen basses I tried.

    Doesn't matter how much you spend on your instrument, what you like matters more.

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    Are you good enough to play a Fodera?

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    1. Jaco Pastorius played a stock Fender.

     

    2. It depends what you care about. I'm a teacher, so I earn a decent salary, and some of my colleagues feel its worthwhile spending their's on leasing a brand new BMW. I think that's the dumbest waste of money ever, but its not my money so who cares what I think. I'm spending £3kish on a Serek because I think they look cool, they come well reviewed and I can afford it.

     

    The phrase "f**k it, do what you want" comes to mind.

    Bebop Time Feel

    in Theory and Technique

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    I'm working on Donna Lee (just the head at the moment) and I can't seem to get the feel right. Whether I play it straight or swung it doesn't feel quite right when I play along with the Charlie Parker recording. Anyone know more about Bebop than me?

    NPD: Boss ODB-3 Overdrive

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    I bought this pedal for £25 from a friend who doesn't play much bass anymore, and honestly wasn't expecting much (I have some prejudices against the mass produced pedals). BUT I plugged it in this evening and holy s**t, this overdrive sounds so good! Its got basic bass/treble EQ, mix, level and gain. With everything at 12 it's a bit aggressive but a very useable starting point. I found trimming the top end and putting the mix at 3 o'clock (towards dry) gave me a nice bit of grind while still feeling the sound of my bass.

    I'd honestly put this up there with the Xotic BB Preamp and JHS Morning Glory as pretty transparent overdrive. I regret anything bad I ever thought or said about Boss.

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    The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!

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    22 minutes ago, meterman said:

    I wasn't familiar with Soame basses, they're a custom builder from Argentina. But they popped up randomly on my Instagram feed and there's a few of their short scale basses that look great to me, so I thought I'd share some screenshots. All seem to be offset Mustang types, some semi-hollow, and priced around 2400 dollars. Nice looking 😎

     

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    Seen these before and they look cool af

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    Secondhand 3Leaf Audio Pedals

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    1 minute ago, ped said:

    Hopefully they don’t sell or he’s in for a long wait at the very least! I saw the Proton. Mental price. I couldn’t get rid of mine fast enough!

    The Doom 2 is gone already and I only saw them a couple of hours ago. I think what annoys me is that Spencer could have charged more on his own site, and that would've been a better place for the money to go IMO.

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    Secondhand 3Leaf Audio Pedals

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    Posted · Edited by bassist_lewis

    Just seen a Proton and a Doom 2 up on Reverb for about £500. What is uncomfortable is that the seller says the bought them directly from 3Leaf in the last few weeks where Spencer has been selling off the B-stock. I don't know about you guys but that doesn't sit right with me, to buy at a comparative discount and sell on at a huge profit (for context, I believe Spencer sold them for approx. £150).

    Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!

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    Posted

    4 hours ago, Thunderbird said:

    I look at these incredible boards and wonder how most of you use the effects are they just for fun or used in actual songs? I understand where preamps and drives are used but some of the boards blow my mind with the cool toys on them and I just can't think how some of them are used 🤔

    I play in a few different wedding bands so I use octaves, filters and chorus to recreate synth bass sounds (I don't play with nay of them consistently enough to justify shelling out for an actual synth). I also make some pretty wild sounds in my original band, we're a trio so there's lots of space to take up. Having said that, my phaser and chorus probably get the least use of all my pedals, hence why I only have one of each.

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